It was located within the walls of Themistocles, south of the Areopagus and southwest of Acropolis.
It was famed due to its association with Plato, whose family was from this deme.
For this reason it was believed that Collytus's deme was part of Melite.
The rural Dionysias (festival of Dionysus) took place there, which shows that the deme was also an important agricultural center.
In the narrow main street of the deme there was a very popular market.